United States – September 12, 2026 – Brian Pigg’s fantasy novel Metamorphosis By Decree: The Beginning has received the Literary Titan Book Award, recognizing the novel’s compelling blend of epic adventure, character-driven storytelling, institutional conflict, and thought-provoking exploration of faith, truth, and personal transformation.

Set in the city of Theopolis, Metamorphosis By Decree: The Beginning follows Katelarin, a young priestess who has spent five quiet years keeping temple books until the goddess Mirsha appears before her and gives her an extraordinary mission. Kate must recover the stolen Tablets of Markinet, sacred relics lost for centuries beyond the great Wall, a place from which travelers are not expected to return.

Joined by an unlikely group that includes a disgraced knight, a failed mage, a deadly Southern warrior, and other outsiders, Kate enters a dangerous wilderness filled with forgotten gods, forbidden magic, undead horrors, soul-stealing demons, and long-buried secrets. As the journey grows more perilous, Kate begins to discover that the truth behind her sacred mission may be far more complicated than she was taught to believe.

Literary Titan praised the novel for combining a traditional fantasy quest with political maneuvering, divine intervention, forbidden magic, and an examination of what happens when religious institutions become more concerned with preserving authority than understanding the faith they represent. The review also highlights Kate as the novel’s emotional and thematic center, noting that her growth comes through curiosity, compassion, and an increasing willingness to trust her own judgment.

That distinction between personal faith and institutional loyalty is central to Pigg’s storytelling. Drawing from his own experiences, he explores characters who must decide what remains true when the institutions, traditions, and assumptions that shaped them begin to fall apart.

“The characters have to find what’s real,” Pigg said in a recent author interview. His interest in underdogs also plays a major role in the novel. Rather than relying on hidden heroes or chosen warriors with secret powers, Pigg focuses on ordinary people who accomplish extraordinary things through friendship, loyalty, love, sacrifice, and persistence.

The book’s ensemble cast is equally important to that vision. Kate, T’az, Hestal, Bernard, Bear, Thervan, and their companions gradually become a community of outsiders, each carrying personal conflicts involving tradition, family, status, belief, and responsibility. Pigg approaches the group as a collection of fully realized individuals who drive the story forward.

Literary Titan further praised the novel’s worldbuilding, particularly the way its religious systems, political structures, magical history, and social hierarchies shape the characters’ choices. The review describes the novel’s strongest identity as the connection between its external adventure and the internal transformation of its characters, especially as they begin questioning the rules that once defined who they were supposed to become.

The award marks a significant milestone for Pigg and the opening installment of a larger fantasy series centered on challenging social norms, confronting inherited systems, and imagining how individuals and communities can create meaningful change.

Readers can discover Metamorphosis By Decree: The Beginning and begin Kate’s journey into a world of faith, forbidden magic, lost history, and dangerous truths by purchasing the book through Amazon. Fantasy readers who enjoy epic quests, complex friendships, religious and political intrigue, and stories about ordinary people confronting extraordinary circumstances are invited to experience the award-winning beginning of Brian Pigg’s expanding fantasy series.

About the Author

Brian Pigg was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1968. Seeking his own path, he joined the United States Army and was commissioned as a lieutenant in May 1990. After his military service, he worked in construction and traveled throughout the southern United States before returning to Missouri when his mother became ill.

Pigg later returned to school and built a long-term career in the information technology industry. He now lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Metamorphosis By Decree: The Beginning is his first published novel and the opening book in a fantasy series exploring faith, friendship, sacrifice, social expectations, institutional power, and the courage required to challenge accepted norms in pursuit of a better life for everyone.

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